Sign Contractor ($25,000) Bond - City of Ballinger, TX in Texas

Brief Summary

Ballinger runs every contractor license on the calendar year, January 1 to December 31, with no proration. Have the $25,000 sign contractor bond in hand when you file your application, insurance and TDLR cards at City Hall, and your registration is not held up waiting on the surety.

The City of Ballinger, Texas is the obligee on this $25,000 sign contractor bond. Sign contractors register with the city by filing an application with a copy of their general liability insurance, the TDLR electrical contractor license card and the TDLR card for their designated master electrician. City licenses run January 1 through December 31 and the fee is not prorated, so a contractor who registers late in the year pays for the full year.

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How to Apply for a Sign Contractor ($25,000) Bond:

• Legal business name and address exactly as they will appear on the Ballinger registration.
• Copy of your general liability insurance.
• TDLR electrical contractor license card.
• TDLR card for your designated master electrician.
• Completed bond application for the $25,000 bond with the City of Ballinger as obligee.
• File the signed bond with your registration at City Hall, 700 Railroad Ave., by email or by mail.

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Who posts this bond

Any business that installs or erects signs inside the Ballinger city limits registers with the city as a sign contractor. The bond is posted by the contracting business and runs to the City of Ballinger. It is a promise that the contractor will follow the city's sign rules and pay for violations of them. If a claim is paid, the contractor repays the surety.

What the city asks sign contractors to file

The city's contractor licensing page says sign contractors must provide an application with a copy of their general liability insurance, the TDLR card for the electrical contractor license and the TDLR card for the designated master electrician. The state electrical license and the city registration are two separate things. You need both to work on signs in Ballinger.

Where the bond comes from in the code

Ballinger regulates signs in Chapter 3, Advertising, of its code book. Article II covers signs and billboards, and its Division 2 is titled Licenses and Bonds. It includes Sec. 3-36 on the billboard operator license, Sec. 3-37 on the bond and Sec. 3-40 on liability on bonds for violations.

The license year

All Ballinger contractor licenses run from January 1 to December 31 on a yearly fee that is not prorated. Keep the bond in force for the whole registration year and renew it with the registration.

Before the bond is issued

Call City Hall at 325-365-3511 or stop by 700 Railroad Ave. to confirm the current bond amount, the bond form the city wants and how to file it. Ballinger contracts its permit services through Bureau Veritas, so permits for individual sign jobs are a separate step from your annual registration.

Eligibility and Requirements for a Texas Sign Contractor ($25,000) Bond:

• Bond amount of $25,000 payable to the City of Ballinger, Texas.
• Registration covers January 1 through December 31 and the fee is not prorated.
• Bond kept in force for the full registration year.
• Separate permits for individual sign projects through the city's permit process.
• Owner credit review by the surety, which sets the premium.

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